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Canalboat Hire -
Locaboat - Holland
2007 Earlybird Special
Offers to Seize before the 31/12/06
5% reduction for ALL cruises of a minimum of one week.
10% instead of 5% for cruises taken between 6/7/07 - 16/7/07,
24/8/07 - 3/9/07, and 21/9/07 - 29/9/07
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Canals: Noord Holland,
Zuid Holland, Utrecht
Bases: Loosdrecht
If Europe
boasts a real paradise
for the inland cruising enthusiast, it has to be Holland. The
waterways network is so
vast that it is virtually
impossible to
calculate its total mileage.
Cruising here is totally
unlike cruising in France.
One must appreciate that
every Dutch family owns a boat, ranging from the
humble to the magnificent,
and at weekends most canals
and rivers are bustling
with cheerful boaters.
One sees the true nature
of the country on its countless
waterways since everything which is built, whether towns, villages,
mills or bridges, is also
mirrored in the water at
its feet. Here you will find the landscapes of its famous painters,
from the emphatic tones of Vermeer to
the gentler touch of other
masters of the Golden Age. You’ll
see the warmth and joie de vivre of the Dutch in the cafes, on
the welcoming terraces along the water’s edge, and in the
shops which nestle amongst the cellars of the old houses of Utrecht
or of Amsterdam. After crossing the great “broad” of
Loosdrecht, dotted with untouched
islands, you will follow the course of the river Vecht and pass
through the two great art
centres of Amsterdam and
Utrecht. Further north, near Edam, you cross the Zaan country,
full of windmills and rich in wildlife.
To the south your cruise
unfolds through the timeless Dutch countryside: lifting bridges,
dykes, and that magic light of dawn which will
surely tempt you into rising
early.
ACCESS: Loosdrecht
Airport - Amsterdam - Schiphol
(30km)
Train - Hilversum (18km)
Motorway - Vinkeveen - Hilversum
(8km)
| Cruises
- Holland |
| From
Loosdrecht |
Circle Cruises |
| Loosdrecht.., Amsterdam,
Uithoorn, Woerden,
Gouda*, Oudewater,
Utrecht, Loosdrecht. |
One week:
168km, 14 locks,
48 lifting bridges
- 5H 30/day |
| Loosdrecht..,
Amsterdam, Edam, Alkmaar,
Zaanstad, Amsterdam,
Loosdrecht. |
One week:
164km, 9 locks,
28 lifting bridges
- 4H 30/day |
Loosdrecht.., Amsterdam,
Lisse, Kager Plassen,
Alphen, Gouda*, Oudewater,
Utrecht, Loosdrecht. |
One week:
169km, 11 locks,
52 lifting bridges - 5H
30/day |
Loosdrecht.., Vinkeveense
Plassen, Ouderkerk,
Amsterdam, Aalsmeer,
Kager Plassen,
Katwijk, Alphen, Gouda*,
Oudewater, Utrecht,
Loosdrecht. |
10-11 days:
225km, 13 locks,
76 lifting bridges
- 5H /day |
Loosdrecht.., Amsterdam,
Edam, Uitgeest, Amsterdam,
Aalsmeer, Kager Plassen,
Katwijk, Alphen, Gouda*,
Oudewater, Utrecht,
Loosdrecht. |
10-11 days:
250km, 15 locks,
67 lifting bridges
- 5H 15/day |
Loosdrecht.., Amsterdam,
Edam, Alkmaar, Zaanstad,
Amsterdam, Aalsmeer,
Kager
Plassen, Leiden, Katwijk,
Alphen, Gouda*, Oudewater,
Utrecht, Loosdrecht. |
Two weeks:
315km, 16 locks,
88 lifting bridges
- 4H 30/day |
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